I started wearing the Matrix PowerWatch 2 one week ago today, haven’t taken it off since … and its power meter still reads 100 percent. How? Because as it turns out, MrMobile is a battery! And you know what? You are too.

Join me for a video covering the best smartwatch of 2020 – at least, when it comes to staying power and technological innovation. As for the rest of the Matrix PowerWatch 2’s feature set? Well … thermoelectric power generation might be tough, but making a smartwatch that works well? That’s even tougher. It’s MrMobile’s Matrix PowerWatch 2 review!

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MrMobile’s Matrix PowerWatch 2 Review was produced following seven days with a Matrix PowerWatch 2 Luxe review sample provided by Matrix Industries. The device was paired with a Samsung Galaxy Fold and running software version v2.5.6r0. Production sample running release software.

MrMobile does not produce reviews sponsored by the subjects of those reviews. Neither Matrix Industries nor any other company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage.

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Matrix PowerWatch 2 [Matrix Industries]:
Series 2 Luxe (Temporarily Out of Stock)

[LINKS]

Thermoelectricity, Seebeck and Peltier Effect. Electricity Generation from Heat [Ludic Science]:

PowerWatch 2 Experience [Reddit]:

Powerwatch 2 experience: from PowerWatch

Thermoelectric Effect / Seebeck Effect [Wikipedia]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect#Seebeck_effect

Matrix PowerWatch 2 uses solar, heat to power GPS, heart rate at CES 2019 [Cnet]:
https://www.cnet.com/news/solar-and-heat-powered-matrix-powerwatch-2-can-run-a-marathon-with-gps-and-heart-rate/

Stay Cool: High-Tech Ways To Beat The Heat [MrMobile]:

Matrix PowerWatch 2: The Most Powerful Watch In The World [Matrix Industries]:

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[SONY XPERIA 1ii REVIEW]

Sony. It’s the company that builds the sensors for almost half the world’s smartphones, and it makes nearly half of all mirrorless cameras sold – including the camera I use to shoot every MrMobile video. It’s also the company that for years has failed to capitalize on these strengths in its mobile division. In preparing for this video I went back and watched seven years of my own Sony smartphone reviews, from my days at Pocketnow to last year’s Xperia 1 video. They all say pretty much the same thing: Sony’s phones are very good, even great at points, but they’re too expensive, and not always for the right reasons.

Flash forward to 2020, and the price tag on the Xperia 1ii (pronounced “Xperia 1 Mark II”) reads like a cruel joke. At a penny shy of $1200 unlocked, this sequel is a full 26% pricier than its predecessor, and a cursory glance at its familiar form factor (now drained of all its fun color, at least in the US) fails to reveal why. The answer lies mainly beneath its three camera lenses, which encapsulate a camera system that’s focused almost exclusively on a very specific type of professional photographer: the type with the need for speed.

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[LINKS]

Sony Xperia 1ii [Amazon]:
http://mrmobile.tech/1RM

Sony Xperia 1ii Review: A Surprise Hit [WIRED]:
https://www.wired.com/review/sony-xperia-1-ii/

This Is Why Sony Got 42.5% of the Mirrorless Camera Market in 2018 [The Phoblographer]:

This Is Why Sony Got 42.5% of the Mirrorless Camera Market in 2018

Sony Xperia 1 Review [MrMobile]:

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Review [Pocketnow]:

RC Boats In Super Slow Mo! [RapidNadion]:

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It’s not the world’s first camera phone, or Sprint’s, or even Samsung’s – but the Samsung SPH-A600 was the first camera phone that made taking pictures feel almost as natural as with a point-and-shoot, by using bleeding-edge design that still makes sense seventeen years later. 

The year is 2003, and the Samsung SPH-A600 just became MrMobile’s first camera phone, back in the days when phones … were fun!

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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – SAMSUNG’S 2003 CAMERAPHONE]

This is the fifth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 5 features a Samsung SPH-A600 vintage cell phone sold by Bell Canada, on loan from friend of the channel Mike’s private collection. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.

[LINKS]

MrMobile on the Android Central Podcast:
https://www.androidcentral.com/podcast

Sony CLIE NR70 Throwback Review [Pocketnow]:

Samsung SPH-A600 [PhoneScoop]:
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=231

Inflation Calculator:
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2003?amount=350

Why Does Rubber Get Sticky? [Polymer Solutions]:

Stickiness: The Insulting Reality of Rubber Reversion

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[UNIHERTZ JELLY 2 REVIEW]

You ever look at your smartphone and say “man, I love everything this does, but … gosh, why can’t I carry it in my coin pocket / Altoids tin / Type-1 Phaser holster?” Well, MrMobile might have just the thing for you. Unihertz, the king of small phones, has returned with a new tiny Android phone for 2020 – and from a bigger screen and battery to a better build, the Unihertz Jelly 2 packs more hits than misses for the small phone segment. The questions are two: can you put up with a set of cameras this lackluster … and are you willing to pay a lot more than last year for the privilege of carrying a phone that’s almost too tiny to use? Find out in MrMobile’s Unihertz Jelly 2 Review: The Best Small Phone Got Better (But Who’s It For?)

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You remember Nokia for the legendary 3310 that no one could break, or for the Nokia N95 that had all the features (before having-all-the-features was a thing). But you might not remember that, for a few years in the mid-oughts, while The Killers were killing the Billboards and Google was first going public … Nokia was going a little bit crazy.

Yep, it’s time for another episode of When Phones Were Fun – and this time MrMobile’s rose-tinted glasses are focused on some of the strangest mobile devices ever to hit store shelves. From the vase-like Nokia 3650 to the leaf/eyeball/alien artifact Nokia 7600, some of the craziest cellphones of the noughties came straight out of Espoo … and thanks to a generous loan from friend of the channel (and Nokia collector) Martin, those phones spend this entire video under the lenses of Michael Fisher’s stay-at-home studio.

Join me for “When Phones Were Fun” Episode 4: a throwback retro tribute to a time when Nokia’s weird phones helped set the tone for a new generation of smartphones!

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This is the fourth in a series of MrMobile episodes exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 4 features the Nokia 3650, Nokia 3660, Nokia 7600, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7710, and Nokia 7650, all on loan from friend of the channel Martin’s private collection. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.

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Nokia 7600 Review [S21 – Archived Link]:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140911165509/http://www.s21.com/nokia-7600.htm

Nokia 7700 [Mobile Gazette]:
https://www.mobilegazette.com/nokia-7700.htm

Retro: Nokia 7710 [Mobile Gazette]:

Series 60 and Series 90 Merged [All About Symbian]:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/Series_60_and_90_merged.php

IrDA [PhoneScoop]:
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[SAMSUNG GALAXY FOLD REVIEW 2020]

“Totally worth it for a tech enthusiast.”
“Still feels futuristic”
“One of the very few phones that I keep wanting to jump back to.”
“Every time I used it, made me smile.”
“Best phone I’ve ever owned.”

These are responses to a tweet I posted asking for feedback from Samsung Galaxy Fold owners – and, as a Galaxy Fold owner myself, the overwhelmingly positive sentiment of the responses came as no surprise. While most of the smartphones I’ve reviewed over the past year have been wonderful and competent in their own right … none of them has changed the way I use a phone, or altered my perception of what a phone should be. The Samsung Galaxy Fold has. So for Episode 3 of “Into The Fold,” I’m re-reviewing the Galaxy Fold for 2020, after five months of using it as MrMobile’s daily driver.

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This is the third in a series of episodes exploring the many facets of life on a folding screen. From the best foldable phones of 2020 to the bleeding-edge world of folding-screen laptops, Into The Fold is MrMobile’s showcase for the most exciting movement in mobile technology since 2007!

Episode 3, a long-term review of the Samsung Galaxy Fold for 2020, was produced following five months with a Samsung Galaxy Fold retail unit purchased by MrMobile/Future plc. With the exception of the sponsor dbrand, no company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication. The lone sponsor of this video is dbrand.

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Star Trek Stickers and Wall Art by ByeByeRobot:
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Into The Fold Episode 1: The Different Foldable Phones, Explained:

Into The Fold Episode 2: Revisiting the Motorola Razr – Now With Android 10:

Galaxy Fold Contractor’s Review & Thoughts [contractorsPOV]:

Galaxy Fold Unboxing and First Impressions [Flossy Carter]:

The World’s Smallest Windows PC In 2007! [LGR]:

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It sounds strange but, just go with me for a second: the key to understanding the Huawei P40 Pro+ … is looking back at a Nokia phone from seven years ago.

The Nokia Lumia 1020 was a revolutionary re-imagining of what a cameraphone could be. In a time when most phone cameras topped out at 12 or 16 megapixels, it brought a monster 41-megapixel sensor that let you crop zoom without the quality loss of those smaller cameras … and it mounted the whole thing on a bed of ball bearings for optical stabilization. In 2013 this was incredible stuff, especially for the (in retrospect, reasonable) price of $649. So why didn’t Nokia run away with the market? Well mainly because it ran a platform called Windows Phone. A platform that failed largely because it just didn’t have the apps people were looking for.

Over the past few years, Huawei has kind of stepped into Nokia’s old spot in the smartphone photography space, by recruiting some of the imaging pioneers from Nokia … by partnering with famed photography brand Leica … and by applying good old-fashioned R&D to produce some stunning phone cameras. The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is the latest evolution of that legacy – so I took it on a road trip from Brooklyn to the boonies … and along the way, this collection of cameras captured my heart. But unless you’re a phone-tweaking geek like me, you’ll probably find that no optical achievement is worth the compromises this phone carries. To see why, join me for MrMobile’s Huawei P40 Pro Plus camera review!

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MrMobile’s Huawei P40 Pro+ / P40 Pro Plus Camera Tour video was produced following five days with a Huawei P40 Pro Plus review sample provided by Huawei. Pre-production sample running pre-release software. Device received one software update 20 hours before publication. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.

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Twelvesouth HiRise Wireless Charger:
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Nomad Base Station, Walnut Edition:
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[LINKS]

Huawei P40 Pro Plus Camera Review [Android Central]:

LEICA Lens Names [KenRockwell.com]:
https://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/lens-names.htm

Nokia Lumia 1020 Review [Pocketnow]:

Nokia Lumia 1020 review: the Warthog of the smartphone world

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[MICROSOFT SURFACE BOOK 3 HANDS-ON / FIRST LOOK]

As I said in my hands-on with the Razer Blade Pro 17 a couple weeks back, now is the time for big beefy laptops to shine – because for most of us sheltering in place, our travel is limited to hopping from room to room. Now, Microsoft’s 15″ Surface Book 3 isn’t a desktop replacement like that Razer Blade; but it is one of the only computers that becomes a tablet on demand. And that means despite its familiar looks, it’s worth a video tour! Join Michael Fisher for a look at the Surface Book 3’s (nearly identical) hardware, a musing or two about the long-term durability of its one-of-a-kind hinge, and an extended gushing session about Microsoft’s Your Phone app … in MrMobile’s Surface Book 3 Hands-On!

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Microsoft Surface Book 3 [Microsoft]:
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MOFT Z Sit-Stand Laptop Desk [MOFT]:
Sit-stand Laptop Desk

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Microsoft Surface Book 3 Review [Windows Central]:
https://www.windowscentral.com/surface-book-3-review

Surface Book 3 Will Never Be The Most Powerful Laptop You’ve Ever Seen – Here’s Why [Windows Central]:
https://www.windowscentral.com/stop-trying-make-surface-book-most-powerful

How Well Does The Surface Book 2 Hold Up After A Year? [Windows Central]:
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Hey Samsung and Nokia, your tiny phones are cute … and yeah RIM, if I need to a way for my boss to get a hold of me I’ll for sure pick up one of your “BlackBerry” things. But babes, it’s a new century … and what I really want is a way to use AOL Instant Messenger from my hip.

That’s right: it’s 2002 all over again, and the Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick is hot off the assembly line! Join Michael Fisher / MrMobile for a close look at one of the most important and influential smartphones in history, from its out-of-nowhere launch to its slow and inevitable demise, from way back in the days When Phones Were Fun!

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This is the third in a series of MrMobile episodes exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 3 features the T-Mobile Sidekick, a.k.a. the Danger Hiptop. The review samples featured in this video are a Sidekick v1, Sidekick II, two special-edition Sidekick 3, Sidekick 2008, Sidekick LX and a Sidekick Slide, all on loan from Des at T-Mobile. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.

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Follow Des on Twitter:
Tweets by askdes

Why This Was One of the Most Important Phones in History [@TheUnlockr]:

The Future That Everyone Forgot: Some of the work we did at Danger [Medium]:
View at Medium.com

Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger For $500M [TechCrunch]:

Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million

BlackBerry 7100t Review [PCMag]:
https://uk.pcmag.com/first-looks/27653/rim-blackberry-7100t?specs

Features Of New T-Mobile Sidekick Attractive To Deaf Customers [The Hearing Review]:

Features of New T-Mobile Sidekick Attractive to Deaf Consumers

Paris Hilton: Hacked Or Not? [Wired]:
https://www.wired.com/2005/02/paris-hilton-hacked-or-not/

Paris Hilton Hacking Victim? [CNN Money]:
https://money.cnn.com/2005/02/21/technology/personaltech/hilton_cellphone/

Why Does Rubber Dry Rot? [Polymer Solutions]:

Rubber and Dry Rot: Not Really Rot, Just Rotten Luck

T-Mobile To Shut Down Sidekick Data Service [CNet]:
https://www.cnet.com/news/t-mobile-to-shut-down-sidekick-data-service-may-31/

RIP Danger, 2002-2011 [Engadget]:
https://www.engadget.com/2011-03-01-rip-danger-2002-2011-microsoft-axing-service-on-may-31st-t.html

Worst Gadgets Ever: Microsoft Kin [@Pocketnow]:

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